Fence



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T. N. TUCKER.

FENCE.

No. 571,937. Patented Nov. 24, 1 896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

THOMAS NEAL TUCKER, OF CELESTE, TEXAS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 571,937, dated November 24, 1896.

Application filed July 6, 1896. Serial No. 598,259. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern;-

Be it known that I, THOMAS NEAL TUCKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Celeste,in the county of Hunt and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Fence, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of fences which embody a suspended wood panel; and it has for its object to provide a simple and improved fence of this type which will possess advantages in point of simplicity, inexpensiveness, ease of construction, adaptability, effectiveness, and general efficiency.

My invention embodies certain improvements and advantages over the fences of the above-mentioned class heretofore patented by J. S. Ferguson, XV. A. Tillman, V. T. Maury, and others, substantially as hereinafter fully described.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of a fence embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a detail top view. Fig. 3 is a detail transverse vertical sectional view taken through the end braces of the panels. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view showing. the detachable connection of the panels with the spike or pin upon the post. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view showing the manner of binding the rails and end braces together with the wire.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the posts, which are set in the ground 13 at suitable distances apart, and are provided upon their tops a with an upwardly-proj ectin g spike 0r pin 0.

D designates the panels, which are formed of a series of longitudinal horizontal rails (Z, and are suspended between and from the posts. In the relative arrangement of the panels and posts, if, for instance, rails ten feet long were used, the posts would be placed eleven feet apart, and inasmuch as the panels are suspended between the posts and do not therefore project over the face of the posts, and a further space of, say, three inches is left between the ends of the rails and the sides of the posts, aneleven-foot section of fence is secured with a ten-foot panel, the width of the posts being thus utilized in the length of the fence, one footextra distance being thus gained in the length of the fence over the length of each panel, whereby economy in material and expense is secured.

The ends of the rails cl are wired and stapled by a securing-wire E to vertical braces or strips F at each end, by which construction and arrangement of braces the panels when suspended between the posts are retained in firm position and any flexible movement of the panels is obviated, thus preventing hogs or other small stock from pushing in between the ends of the panels and the posts.

The wires E, which connect the ends of the rails to the end braces F, are carried from the top of the brace in the form of an extended loop 6, which is simply looped over the spike or pin 0 on the top of the post, the relative arrangement being such that the panels are thus suspended in this manner and position a short distance above the ground B, say, for instance, two or three inches, thus preventing decay of the bottom portion of the panel.

The panels are secured at their lower end portion to the post in any suitable manner, preferably by means of a wire G, secured to the face of the post by a staple g and having its ends g g, respectively, bound to the panels at opposite sides of the post. By loosening this bottom fastening G the panels can be readily lifted off the suspending spikes c on the tops of the posts and conveniently transported, without taking the panels to pieces, to any desired point for storing or for subsequent use.

My improved fence thus combines the features of a portable and a stationary fence.

I prefer to provide a barbed wire H, running longitudinally at the top of the posts, which longitudinal top wire may be secured to thespikes c to prevent damage to the pan-v els or fence by large stock.

It will be noted that the previous patents above mentioned in the class of suspended wood-panel fences upon which my invention is designed as an improvement do not have the end braces for the panels suspended between the posts, as embodied in my improvements,andit is therefore difficult to make them proof against the passage of hogs and small stock, for the panels suspended between the posts as usually constructed are capable, more or less, of a flexible or bellyin g movement, and as usually constructed fences of this class are practically stationary and not portable without taking the panels apart. Itwill be furthermore noted that under my improved construction and arrangement the panels are virtually complete and composite, independent of the posts, and may be completely built under cover at any suitable place, it being only necessary to hang the completed portable panels upon the posts by simply engaging the loops 6 over the spikes c to at any time form the fence. This is a very material advantage over those previous forms of fences of this class in which loops of wire extend from the post-tops to the ground and the rails are woven into these permanent wires, thus necessitating the building of the entire fence at the place of location.

In the arrangement of the wire E, I prefer to tie or secure the lower end of the wire on the lower end of the brace F, as at 6, just below the bottom rail, the wire being then looped over the bottom rail, as at 6 and stapled to the brace, as at 6 and so on until ihe entire series of rails are wired onto the brace.

Above the top rail the wire E is looped over the top of the brace F, as at e, and its extended top end 6 is formed into the extended suspending loop e, the end of the wire being carried back down to the brace and secured, as at c.

It will be noted that in my improved con struction and arrangement I use only a single strand of wire in the securing of the ends of the rails together and to the brace, thus securing the maximum of economy in this respect, while in other fences of this class as usually constructed two strands of wire are required at each end for interweaving with the rails.

The ends g g of the bottom -securingwire G are preferably carried from the post to the brace F and passed around the latter, as at 9 and then carried back and secured to the opposite side of the post, the wire being thus crossed between the post and brace, as shown at 9 Instead of a double securing-wire G, having oppositely-extending ends g g, a single wire of corresponding construction having one projecting end may under some circumstances be employed, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

hen my improved fence is designed for large stock, a smaller number of rails may be used and the panel may be suspended at considerable distance above the ground.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. An improved suspended panel fence of the class described, comprising the posts provided with the projecting spike or pin in their top, the panels formed of a series of longitudinal rails and having the vertical end braces, and the securing-wires connecting the ends of the rails with said braces and formed with the top loop hooked over the spike upon the top of the post, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. An improved suspended panel fence of the class described, comprising the posts provided with the projecting spike or pin in their top, the portable panels formed of a series of longitudinal rails having their ends secured to vertical braces or strips and suspended between the posts, and the securingwires connected to thebrace and looped over the rails and having their top ends formed into an extended loop adapted to be hooked over the spike upon the top of the post, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

The herein-described improved suspended panel fence, comprising the posts provided with the projecting spike or pin in their top, the portable panels formed of a series of longitudinal rails having their ends secured to the vertical braces or strips and provided with the securing wires connected to the braces at the bottom and secured to said brace and carried upwardly and looped over the ends of the rails, the top ends of said securing-wires being formed into an extended loop adapted to be hooked over the spike upon the top of the post, whereby the panels are removably suspended between the posts, and securing devices extending from the post to the bottom portion of the panel, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. As an improvement in suspended panel fences of the class described, the combination, with the post having the projecting spike or pin at its top, of the removable panel having the end wire extended into a loop at the top and adapted to be hooked over the spike, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a fence of the class described, the panel adapted to be suspended from the posts and comprising the series of longitudinal rails secured at their ends to the vertical brace or strip and provided with the end wires forming the extended loop at the top adapted to be connected to the posts, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

(3. In a fence of the class described, the panel comprising the series of longitudinal rails, the vertical end braces or strips, and the securing-wires secured to said brace at the bottom and carried upwardly, the wire being looped over the ends of the rails and secured to the brace and having its top end formed into an extended loop, whereby the completed panel is adapted to be removably suspended from the posts, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS NEAL TUCKER.

\Vitnesses:

J. H. MCGUIRE, J. W. TUCKER. 

